Sunday, August 05, 2007

Ok, so family time was pretty painless, and mom even arrived bearing gifts. For my brother, a couple of shirts. For me, these shorts. Feel free to click on the photo to enlarge it, so you can better appreciate the peacock print and the white rick rack (who knew they still make it?) on the pockets.

Will they work as "campy" golf shorts? Would they work if I was 65 and living in Palm Beach?

There's a reason why when my mother wanted to buy clothes for me, I'd tell her underwear. You can't go too far wrong--give her the size and specify all natural materials except for in the bands--for years I always had a drawer full and a few extra three packs in the closet.

Dan - Take it from me, a daughter whose mother is completely oblivious to my coloring and body shape (not to mention TASTE), and whose mother is still trying to dress me as if I'm the tall, thin, shapeless, pale daughter that she obviously fantasizes she had (I'm short, dark, zaftig, and curvaceous). You need to understand that if you actually wear those kinds of gifts in front of the gift-giver, it only encourages them to give you more like-gifts. Diane can NEVER wear these shorts in front of her mother unless she wants an entire wardrobe like that.